Day 18: A Town Smaller Than Mine

Today was our second time crossing the border of another state on our journey to Washington, D.C. It’s a 90 mile day for us which can be pretty exhausting. We arrived at Thompson Falls High School with no problems though. It is a really small high school with only about 150 students in four grades. It is very similar in size to Valley though, which makes it feel more like home.

We all hung out at the high school until it was time for dinner when we decided to go to a place called Minnie's Cafe. They had a pretty decent menu for the small town we were in too. I got a Jumbo Deluxe Burger and it was really delicious! After dinner we headed back to the high school to hang out until it was time for bed. I decided to roam around Thompson Falls High School and see what the school looked like. I walked down one of the halls and into the room at the end and found a ton of taxidermy on the walls and lost my breath. Of all the places in the world I did not expect to see those there. It really took me by surprise.

I made my phone calls for the night and talked to some of my friends and then I decided to go ahead and call it a night. Being on the road all the time is exhausting. Tomorrow we're heading to Missoula, Montana and I'm super excited for it. I have a friend there, Olivia, that I haven't seen since my junior year in high school. She and I both attended the symposium held by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and we haven't seen each other since. So we're looking forward to being able to hang out and catch up while I'm in town. I'll be there for two days, so I'll also have a chance to do laundry. I'm really looking forward to that too. Oh! I'm also sending some things home because apparently I over packed?? How you do that for this trip is beyond me.